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This dubious dmleijlmmfe prefents our PIC”- fcnt Afiions confufcd, like their [toms if wovcn in A7744‘, “ A J V ii the lmottcdout-tide :”or as if an afiritfli’ 2?: to rcadcnrhern in afmallprififo Hfifc WC - ‘ ~ A b tAFfaircs bcing mana- '§¢§’;b‘l°;C°§7f1§3i§vliiiiiii1§e£§§i’«§c ciimor rcach to a Ptrfiéi . . ’ .13»: nomi- %‘ dlfggggfy, mctlnnk$Al11:_;nW81I1€ ‘W P owncto us a fjrringing Twz- . lzglat ;WhiCh though faint and t/am,yct after‘ {'0 tlaiclz a darkncffc (as of late years hath». icurtailfd o’rc this gland) brings much com«- A yoldffeézie, Qgele gezzeelezme e/i‘ mi/ye’ quiet in teneérek fie y (2 ‘) feth a Birth that {hall terminate our edezepfltiegand grovvlto a firengch able ‘to elzfelozzel our long mgbt : That thefe new- bereee-mye: will geld our fa””clned hearts, and Alarm.‘/b o’re our deulleriflepes. If then hitherto we have been wilfullyblmel 5 let not our eyes prove enemies to usfiill; butlet us rather teare out that tlzzekfilme to make ufe of this beneficiall Pre- fieé’z‘.- And perhaps if this Day-break lend us but to much light as to lead us into a petlgour going forward may happily bring us to our name eleeres. To the attaining of which won- ted blefling, this early lzglztipromifeth faire, and feemes to degree it felfe by the more noble fierprzfiz/l,becaufe fo unexpe- étedly let inu on us. For feeing it enables us already to di- flinguifli the égngit of our appearing comfort: from the mi- firy of pejl mzxlfortzmes, let us make ufe of it to further the one, though wegcannot remedy the otheig and by dete/ling the nether: of our weer, make way to reere;ametl1e_fi'22fl72er of our beppzeeeffee. In expeétance of which future goocl,let us create toour {elves this prefent benefit, to fummon all our power: and feeeeltie: into our Eyes, (calling them there to councell) and then they will the better fatisfie our judgement .- though on the fud den our t/zeugbts are mrue/I ’e1 into diforder, becaufe burthened with hepegfieezres, eleeehts, elefiresa Ijfze/jfiieiem», and emezgemeiets; like wezterseforfaking that ey —elzte which the tin? skilful Drezymrs ofthefe times, ‘drew them into, and aretryt-i ing fevera-ll Channel; to returne to their right ftreame. This glimmering light thus hopefully alluring us the reftauration of a Day, we may be all patjtakers of the beneficiall happi- nefl"e thereof ifwe pleafe. But how welcomelto the Royal! Jmrtie, (whofe tedious habitationin fuchan imprifqned [bade have often forcfd them to figh out that complaint offood ea .9) None can more truely know, fave thofe whofedef erate and Weiglity 7i¢z_7ferie:,haVc made them more capable offihe worth of‘ C 3;) of folatfge ailzlef€'z'ng..j The expeélatlan whereof; is plyeizfanty; . but our frmitioyn W076 pleafimt; what now zzouri/bet/2 our jfringing hopes, {hall then icronme our full grown enjoyment. In the rneane time let us (like the pleafed birds) fo-rfake thefe long confined neflst to prune our dull and unrefrelhed tlaouglzts ,‘ and with our cheerfullefi note: thank Heaven for this Dazyéreak. ‘ . A o e y I , And that we may let a greater value upon the pramzfea’ day, let us refleét a little upon our pa/i‘ night; where we may fee our St!” totally fwallowed up by alarknqfjia, and our Moon wa- ding through an emzlow Eclipfe ; Star: of the firll mdgfllfltde maskt o’re with clomls, and thoufands of ourfixea’ lamp: be-. come mazzdrmg Palzmet: .- our chiefefl: T zzper: puft or fnufi: out, or elfe lmtlxowid in an imprzfmm’ dzmgeozz. In fine, (to - our difcomfort) we may behold our Glories blurr’d , and all our comfort: Tami-flied. But happy we,if this Twl-lig/at ulher us the way to View a glzmffe of our former conditiomperhaps it may lead us to a fuller profpeéhwllere we may fee the Glo- ry of this Nation gro vvne u to the top of the flnre, and Hap- pz'my]"e drefl: in her fullelt Dllflfll, where pleafures were pre- fented with a towrlng deli ht, and our Gardens wanted no beautifull trimming. W 10 ; rew wllfibl/7: when any quefii- on’d our Title ofprefcriptlan or Profleritjgand thought Hea- -ven did us much injury to fue Forth a Writ De execlltlqne“1)e- cretzk for the pofleffion of that we had enjoyed Time out _of mind .9 But alas ! petnitious weed: grew up with thefeflowers, 0mm: in prlwiplti ‘vititlmfletlt. We Cqzmm gfomr, cirmmtvolatg . V were too, happy and praml, which made us wanton, and lo! in inaninfiant wzlfzlll Rcfolzltlon drawing.the.Czmaine, thefloxmgs of ouirfelzcity were firaight forgot,&' mm: 22022 amt 1712: law»: tr Suchifruit as our ind'uPtrious S zlmmer nourilht , our defiroyr ing Winteryhath utterly perifht : and yet we doc not feelingly deplore our m2bappip«':f]."c,l as the» depth ofit.exaL5ts.1- ..An<;1 e e a p A 3 though (4,) R in though an eternal! and ,ncvcr-fading yaw}: fccmed to be confcrfd upon. us , as the Gad: did upon Prometheus ofil fpring, yet wt (like them) fooliihly cntruftedirhis ibountcausi gift to the filly A_;]é,who for adraui ht ofwidtcr fold it to “Ser; ‘perm. Nor fltaid we here at this 10 c, for out further imp;-0.. vidcncc gained us the title ofiadoptian to Epimerb¢m,whcn we fo grcedily accepted of Pzmdom’: proflituted 13’ox,which (ha- ving as rafhly opened) let out all misfortunes upon us ;(on"cl'y we had fo much difcrction to rctainc Hope in thebot;ome.)For at the firfl ‘view ofthefcilatc Trouble: , how falfc did our bu» . V morous and purblind eyes fcefand yet rcnounciiig th'cm,what d~cceitful«l and perverfe /Iwffacles havt we cvcr fincc truficd -3 How did we fuflicr our m:fcl2z'ef:s to iftea1cf_in.upOn us like an H eéfick Fcasver (that in the. beginning Was dzfifitult to be 411'- fvawreag and eafie to be avoided, at length bccamci more eafily knpnme, and lmrd:/r t9 «bc cured: ) and which , jictmmda fiqnitur :md2zm,11kciwa‘ter in the fza, one throng’d into the % ncckofanotl1cr.i At what a rare" did we: hire a Wu¢,and.how many vafi fummcs did we bring in» to throw away? ‘ i i ....i.........neque mim lz2cul’z$:"comit4nTtz'5w- imr Adcafim Talwlw-9 pafit4édi‘lnd‘i§tm arm. “ A A r.afli1y~did wt mm down» our m1l—gronm eizlfpinéffi’ f’ how hafiiiy did we aénzabuigtc Qur fat’-fir “ glories *1‘ .How~d'id'wc fiwne at that precious jéwdl, 19:45: ?- and dig-— «,g5;1i*g«ri*rsGwaw‘e, ‘ail’ that M: mulad can ‘cm: cart f in ~iii1:»'.‘.' V How did we chafi: [elves mm dcftruéhbn Wit :1 fi5a:{vn.ad- 1 we «( TWA nixe) incvzcri licking ichcclc the mim 1 “fcilvr but {elves mm‘ braid V‘ an«d;c':irc$ bcyond: recovery if and than g2:iinflrthc~:ydc (thriving ta break thofc>thrca:- nraamfiiinto ihowgmat. Thath it intitiulcd us M.’ mt our sin mo d1;lWc#»bcingioffd:nd¢d e (5) ii are glory oftoo height a in, -2 How did we com 5 tifing and prodigious Mame, ywhofe borrowed ligbt__ onely led us to i an emweariedldeflruéfion *3 Fuel: that we were 1 to rufli into a ,\ Quarrell in the-iDark," when our ignerzzmdealt :b1owes woun- dedfrieml: as well asfoe: :Had our Swords been deliberate- l}run{heath’d, (__and in the Day ) they might have difcerntd the true yap ofite or” known theway to their eacefullr 3645- e bards; S e ‘jam Serfezxtum major tjoncarziizz .- r w ilft contefting for T rzfle.r,and ruihing into thefim} unadvifedly, in how ma« my {ad and dc[truétiveDz'l_emm4’:l1ave our aftonifht thoughts been bound 2' What perilous and unknown C04/Z5, Roe/ex, "Flaws, Sands, andyslmllmveginythis troubled Ocean, hath this ddr/med tempejl driven us u on 1' afo that indeed we feem’d loft to allfelieity :, yet veri y we lwuefleen the wonder: of the Lord in their great dee And truly our dzfizjter: may not un- fitly be parallcld wit tlieraging Seeer, who are running and roaring with unrefiftable orce, and which every Minute threatens inevitable ruine ;* but thanks be to that proteéfing Imzd which hath fufpported many of our unweildy barker, making the fidelity 0 that Element fully manifeft in their pre- femmm, and fafely convey’el them to a“pi'omifing-fecure- Harbour. . The confefl" ed truth is, our profjm-it} was great, and we fo fully peflfi of it, that ( hadwe been as ezrcm/pee; as cere- [eff e ) we might imagine adrve2flty,could not be far off; which when it came (and comming fo unexpeétedlly) did more roughly difpoflefle us-of the 6/eflings weinjoy’d5 then ifwc hadmet it with a prepared bofome. - But. our night it approaclfd, and“ like that ofPenelope’: hath ravelfd and undone allthat our day did weave -,a mg/at ! ;( though night: be common and elzirkmflie familiar to us, yet ; -t hislwe. may wellibcliow a maeéelef t}pon) which overvvhelm’d _ us in fuch efolid d.zr‘kne]]"e; eermgpz olcolleéted ", that indeeti ll: qger belief L giving to thefe falflefires and credit of morning t 5’. (6 ) it was felt; becaujfethe flmeleel n*mntle,j’w'as falnlednfoinany elonlle. ’ i p _‘ ‘t v A. ,T‘he{e i tliltk /bade: made ~ us rlanguilh evenytoi the utmoft gn/]2e, duringwhich, if we law any lz'gle,,tt’at all, ’tw‘as terille as lzghtning, and fatal! asiaicomet; never appearing, but at- tended with deltruétive t/anneleryz which left nothing behind but a feellelylew, eln/1 t and laeéwy asa melnncnollyfnnfe expi- ring in a for/eet. ’Tis true, that now and then, though our , elonels were loezeleel with fucl1lcont'ra&7ed_jlmde, yet they affor- ded a few feeming lentj-its, and opened the way to fome fla- ming Meteors appearance 5 but immediately :lerein"el them aw gain, ( and therein became friendly to us ) lei’: our over—ea—- fiery, ) fhould lend us, hopes: of an a proaching hvyligbl, which yet they were not pleas’d to ifcover, nor unlock thofe early elere:,for our long imprzfoneel Snn to {hewi him- During thefe weightyn/fliélioizs, nothing feexned to mg» rzoflzedte out ruine fo much as the elefiniring lzezzrts we carried about us; becaufe fortnne continued fo conftant to her fltonmerg yet alas ! that onely was in regard lheliada long while ufcd us to them. But the fame skill that feztzkfied us how ourpro/yberity was ’ma'intain’d, might have foretold us of the approaching danger, Nay, yet we may thereby forefee our deliverance ifwe will not live in refolv’d lzlinelnefl. And time it is, fince’tis our {elves that mine our felves, we can charge none elfe with tl1C-gtllll. All our glory, wealz‘/J, pre» /jzerity, l9el])pl7Zt?jfl.’, conzformandfelioities, nay the choice of blellings, Pence! haveibeen buried in a grave of our owne elzggizag .~ and upon which no other monument muff be ere- cted, then the broken and fcattered pyles of our owne mines. a Our former daies were tl1ewl.2z'tei paper, and our firve yeares nrgln, the t/IE: of our {ad Tragedies, written thereon not in ' y Inlet’, gave Law to gfujlloe, and what olaade/line projeétst like i (7) fake, but in Blood 5 making up the Volume ofourpait and prefent age : in which ( without Spee'2‘aeleo) we may read 4 the faddefl lofle: ever came to a people. Never was Age fo -thick (own: with the venemous jpawae ofcovill dzfeerz- tion, which (like Caa’rmo:iTeeth ) immediately produced whole troups offlela deft”! who ( had they been wife) lhould ratherhave imployed their Tongue: in‘ licking, tl1entheirTeetb in biting fuch deep wounds. Anfor ja- erilegiom Imps, nature , nor liberty ever yet ‘produced their equall. How many boafe: of God have they ele/lroyeel _. in the Land 1 nay; what C/oareb y is it that hath fcap’d plzmalermg 2’ Surely they that violate the place of God: dwelling can never truly bonoar /aim. And as the T emple: of'Goel fo the Temple: of the Holy Gbojl (lay’d up there in a fall: repo/2) have fuffered pillaging. Having not fpa-A red to {trip the dead of fuch robes, as Klara band: had drefl them in,‘, to let Pojlerit} know them y their Momomeatr; nor forborne to ran/aek them of their meaneft elot/oer, their bare Coffim ;. leaving no Epitaph but (what they could not take away ) the blond} Veiae: in the remaining tflélarblee c/'1/lozzameiats were ereéted to reform and perpetaalte n the memories and noble allzom o fuch as have lirved bo- noarably, and elieol vertaoufly, andpno lefle then a condem- nation to the Gallies, or grinding at the Mill did our pru- dent he/Imzoeflors impofe upon the Violator: thereof, be- caufe the on’ n’ce was reputed a crime infamom, and e-" quall to Perjury; and the ofendoar guilty both of Tbeft and Saerileelge .- But Ileave thefedeedsof elarkne/fe, to be punifhed by the Prince eofdarlzmjfe, and proceed. We have now at length by wofull and dear~bought cxperiem.e.found,i What private Maebiviliarz power it was the the pcizoom mobile) gave motion to thefe multitude: ofmi ..l cJa’z‘cf. ~ As fotvoufr Lam, like thofe whereof‘Tocitm com» plains, zzmlzdo lcgzmo rw.xilio,rqom oi; flmbjtoo, poflrcmoc Pegzmia tzméolmzctor, they afford no fecur1ty,bc1ng iway’d» hither andthithct by mzglot, amobi.tio;o,and carroo,otz"on. All that is now left us,is,toffit do:am,j& mcmlzcreup our former bleflirzgs : Apoor com ort ! to look back upon theft, and t fbxwmdwgipon approaching mzferic: .- fo that we may in-. forcedly ery out in that patheticall exclamation, o‘ nor c- flesfonteo lacrimorzom ! what is become of you ye foom--- , mm: of more: ! are you dried up by theyprecclmzg of lmrdroec! beam ? or converted into blood, by the cracking of the eye-{firings s’ but our hopes, are, that our forroov: andprcfliorc: arc 5/em‘ol up to their /rig/oc/1‘ pitch, and itch- ing _fingcrs‘being unwilling to leave them at that _/fay, the other wind may perchance break thcflring; and fo give frecdomc to an efcczpe, from a foo po_[cd»ioce'vzt4bl_e—ruinc. And. then (as mm ‘fhews t_ can true cvolooationyof that thing, ouruncxarnined enjoyment made too ohco ) when we are afforded fo much light to fee what we MVC fo long loft, furc we {hall more eiteem its return them when we pcyf it-, and probably improve it to abettcr advan- tage; For, Dulce oflooomcn paczls (fr res ipfo jzcrqzmm fa oz... ram, fweet is the name and healthfull the nature ofblef» fed Pure. But it will never appear in out Hori5(ooo,' till our K2'ngly_.S'wo arife again, upon whofc Glory it waits as at near attendant which will notbe long now : for this Na» tion when jboflcdout of a regular courfe by any former difiempcrs,like thec.wand:ring'2oeodlcnever ‘left trembling, till it had fetled it felf ‘upon the poimr of tfllonzzrcloy, to which it nlaturally owes afiwon. Yet to 1' uch who mur- imer at the Smzlcopaee, lobferved, in the carriage on of fuch a dzflgne as’ the reflaawtion ofa Cronmes and who . n impatiently ( 99 i im " atiently ftudy to adde wittg:to'a difpatch, or lead on the e affairesin a more direét path ; let them know, ‘aibil diétafaeilittt, Men may fooner projeéi‘ then execute; .-nor may every prejeéliea be attempted, or every attenept, par; fa’d. That time is fittefl: which Heaven ap oints,and ea- jiitefe is then ripe, when the decree is ready to, go fa)»;/y, Nay,if we rightly confider,we may highly prize the flow progrelle this dawning makes 5 and think our happinefle the more furely founded, when the day breaks on us Gra- eiatim. Sudden flafliet affri hr with /eerrer, and portend flier: gloriegwlxen as a T mi igltt that hath a tlegreeing ap- pearance promifeth a fereize and quiet Day.“ Should a e/'1/[erialiarz lajier now Tttfl) in upon us, it might a’a{le us with an ioropowerfulleri btmjfe; andternpt us befide our trufiyt gar/9, For jeitfi ile forte deflrait feafitm, too flzrong an a j eel vanqulfhcth the fight, and may perhaps elaafle us into a deluded precipitation. We have an old _ Adage, (and the feldome faile of verity) that (many times ) the ftlrt e/t may akettt, tic the tzearefl waybome .- ’ Catmcel: manaocd by a leifarelfifregrefiioa ( if conceal’d) thrirve be/Z‘; though I confe e execution and 'a’i/jzate/'2 tihouqld be driven on with a nimble banal. Let us not then afiiift our Iiepeg ‘by fearing they are aver-liagereag but wait with a patient expefiat,ion offraitiea in its ripeft fea- aifon. ‘What efiizfaetions have interveenfd, weare behol- ding to London for, -who miiht lono etc this (had they been conipofed of anything ut a’i Jeyall earth and per- fieliem bafeaefiit ) have put faire for the re-inflating of Hi: Maje‘ ,and fer a happy p.erioel,to oursrand their own long mi .—fhrtttne:. But that City mufifmart, yetyagaittea and at l ire! time 5 that prottelffity ! »vhiehsbeingffcaecdun7 der the p£'q;tinoft'ia[l, and favou;j’d (- above all)UW:ltpl1y a eonftant perpendicttlar ray 5 was nevercontented,til1 it B2 ‘" had A U RQJR A = ,r..av-no ,m.- unnam-«lvfl’**" 1 I-wfllihl-4| ,.-nu-..»«-Mural-M-»¢: In cw m i.‘ 0"“ ‘In at '\t w«mn0q.g....,, 07% A DAVVNE DAY—LIGHT. A Tgfl teizeémv lucem. V L 0 N D o N, Printed in the Y_Ca1”¢a 1 6 4- 8‘ (I0) had J p;'ele’d a quarrel]. with a Cr me ofi'too.muchifimmer_;, and foic’d‘tl1e’Saa more Nort i azardfronn it 5 but ‘us no matter‘, its iagIratit‘t_ia'el1ath line: i been frq/f-izipt with a multitude ofcoldefl mi/Erie: .- and fenfibl y felt the {mart of a perifhin wiieter. For, how many of its Inhabitants ‘likeFz"/lace, fift on a dry Ihore, have perilhed 2’ when Ha Majefly ”( Iikea wave) remov’d,. and how many fair- fpredflowers in that royall Garden; (like the filelitrapian) {hrunkin their leave: when He departed .2’ ’Tw_as appa— “rent by the eoarfes of thofe ruinous Tenants, that they took to themfelves Leafiv: for many Lives without im- peachment of mafl, but they will prove but T exam: at will : and now their ,La72d—l0rd: are about to out them, iris to no purpofc to . keep a forcible Deeeyaar. No, not- withflanding their combination and league with that hor- rid alarlmefle which hath blafled the face of this King- T dome’; and by which united elofemjfe they becamea Cloyfler for crimes, and afloaafe to ycovcr.S,zfm i i i « ' mmmt ‘qiei imigirum in candida rzJertmit,_ ,°Zaee':faez'Ze eji aelem eaaa’aee2_~e,flamina, partear. j‘ ii(fl/ldfibllvlillidfli ! whofe elazedefiine contrivements have rack?! us into a let/aargy, and led us into i thofe bloudy- Hiaa’ yPat/9: ; which had we had our eye: open, no _/irata- gem (how plaufible foever) could ever have drawne us within its aoofe. Ambiriaiajpirit: .' whofe end was their owne oppaleaey and greatmfle, and our indzgeaeea and 'va_,/3 falage. Pilates, and Herod: ! (for magna inter molle: cone caidia) whofe bloudy wnfederacy, crucified Cbrzfl afrelh in his Members. owlex ! what will nowibluih and vanifh ; to behold the light, which mufl betray their bafenefle; but indeed thefe fons of Ter?vz‘al2_ were too hard for us, ' i A i ‘ yet (rt) yet the 'uj2i§-ceofflmxein is moft remarkable "5 forthougah zthroug their dark praéiifes, our gtorious Sun became Eclz'}>:’d, yet have they fuffered for want of his influence‘ .~ Though the Culmzmting bold-fac’d Moone hath ufurp?d the ‘regal! lyoufe ever fince, yet how lharply the re-inesof ether’ Government hath cu'rb’d them,‘ all yet miferably feel. Czgpam pmzapremit Comes. i e a nd now if ever they mean to befiwed, the chief “.¢1r- ‘ title of their Creed muff be in their Sum afcenfion into Glory 5 and the next intheir Mame: olefcenfioiz into Hell : Their only hope mufi refh in this, that when this worlds bright Eye appears again, he will look upon them,’ with ‘his wontedwmpaflian 5 to thaw the icy cold thathath be- numm’d them into ayfenfleffeflupidity, and {tifned them into ‘Rebellion ; andto difperce amonglt them his ufuall nourilhing influence. But the truth is, they have little de- ferv’d for largea blefling as his return, who have fo long while unmask’d his favours, and put on a 'vi1{fzrd 5 and in Ptead ofrendring a pleafid cauizrenzmce, return’d an zm- gmtefuil! menace. However I cannot altogether blame the Generality , though omner emzrcm biéum‘, not too ihar ly cenfure the fate of things, when _prefented' to ma- nyt roughafalfe Glaffe. ’Tis charity, makes m'e'foten— ider herein, and iwithall I cannot but remember that of Ovid : ’ ” ' I I _Pareitep4—m'orum dz'fi‘2mder'eerim-en ‘imvmner; I . I know, and c‘onf'e{l'e,- Dz’/paragmcms are I quickly fire-' — rIaim’d, but not fo eafily retrirv’d tliatafizfiion and dif- like are like the two "ends of at Proflzeéfive gla I egwhere the one lej]})m,~ and the other mulrzplm. S2‘ y S-axle: !* their deluded tmder ending and groflez'gnorame,. made many of them cen]¢{2t*'z’ow'; but fuch= as thought by de- M B 3 A “ trailiazz I A (12) ~=tmJ2‘im to beefieemed wzfe difcovcred thein1‘el-vcs..thc ' mofi maliciousfaals, What dark znfinaatiba: were .n€*ru’cl into execution, todifinount that we :3: reverlmtelflzét Ma- ’ jeffy ijulfily held over His Subjeéts hearts 1' How many loaf: conceptions were }75z'-zfd 'in”w4f1I1{‘[}9 minds 9: their‘-bafer ' Tongues ufurping the Bedle: 14]]: 5 fuch wetethe venome of élzzfpkemom zaéautbs, and the undutifulneffe of reéécllzh ~w: pramptemlbut ’tis naturall for Dog: to i bark againfl: ~ the M00776 ; and thofe difcreet judgmentsthat had taken a Pi/I for this contagion, were not to be accounted unhap-n py: for my {elf (as Horace in another cafe) A ,,‘Zzzodc'ung7;. oflendit mibj ficeincredulm adz‘; I have much wonder’d whence thefc idetrafiiaa: fliould fpting 2’ unlelfefrom the receipt of too large fizwaur: : and indeed when men he-come .R2!flkr1¢[7t'.$'3*th€l1'~ gratitude oft-times converts todiifcemrtefies. riBut ’tis more won- derfull to. confider how fo many qwiwcrs of fcandalous arrow: -have been emptied out againfl: L.9l/Izzje/?y',’» who yet fiandingllike the unpic.-rc’d maréle, hath /7aatter’d them all: i which to mention is not fo fleas to rake together and burne; lei’: their flrlinters fhould nmmcle poflerity, who perhaps may want tl‘lC“agCS-_ftl1'Uc," «w'{. a full and vi- .fible. confzmztitm fhould any of us indfute fon narrow an i:zqm]z'tion into oum&ion:,. I feare wefhould be found guilty of corrupt tinfiures, our bafer mettal: are too full ofdroflé, buthis Gold hath retum’d out of the crucible withoutnmfl. Andiyet (6 incomparable magnzmimity .') i though foabufively‘ a’r3tmé?ed,i doth oifer toimake him.- felfe altogether incapable of fututei rervmge, and what wounds thefe multiplied injuries have feemed to i make; his ‘ not takinganotice hath fully mreja.’;ot elfe his for» -3-irzxczzcffle {hall weate out the fair. i lean parallel H i: zmfortzmate Majcfly to none more fit ( I3) ly, then to that rcfolute and couragious Athenian Soul-l diet.-, who being Vanquifheci in a naval? fight, layed hold of one of his Enemies Ships, -and when his rzglxt /24;ed.tvas cut ofii held fafl by the left, and when that was choptoff, Inaintain’d his hold with his '1' eet/9. So Hie Mez~ jejiy, lofing His own 1/lrmy, betook Hisitrufi to the em. fide-Seot, that tmfileff e and hypocritical! refuge; where lofing ( asit were, His right heme!) He held up His intere/f with the Independent, who as pegfideoufly lop: off the left alfo 5 and left (to every judgment) no appearance of fezrvirzg relief; and yet we fee He. Pcill preferves His life and izztegrzty with His refewe .- a confiezizt re/olzeptz'tm,wl1ich finewing with unweakned rzerfves, heholcls them tuggz'72g, mzwearieel, and zmrematfd .: fharpning the one to m/vet His abzlitiesfor all oppoflrs, and fveetning the other to oppofe what His fled fate hath too prodigally furnifhed Him with. unkind fgrtm! why-halt thou deal: {'0 un:-H kindly with Him in dealing His Cam’; ‘'1’ that if difcrect; and wary refolutim had not made Him a; good Game/fer,i the Set had’ been irrecoverably loft. But His God is the fame He was at the begz'mai2zg,p and new (as then) hath brought light out of ddrknefley. His Majefty is become" ha imeerl by His zmlza in If and the are His mggrtuhes t at haveeproclaiii”d-heroic/e«wo}ith. Pen- chance we had never taken notice oftheluflre of His wzf dame, ~ppbu;t through thisblaclt “}3'elz'€»et.- nor of Histieven carriage’ in His finkingaeliverfitiesi _f e ut» by‘ the rough mg- peringhof the furl} nzzzrzmu His pfilen-t patiezaeeidifcovered‘ Hismjurie: more fully, then perhaps His-publickl cam‘: pI.u'22t.c; woul)d,Hand fo juflza temper in it all acaédemsrdid i never appear ina , éecfi met them as geilding wool! % dot l ;th’efi1‘Olte of ; iron 5; 1Sea‘::mOfe' noble ?uIé3‘ary.~ that gainidlbyseppqfitiaaef : ;N}ay_;, of all-: 4w62'erie.t: o (I4) rvi62‘oriet,His,mufl needs be the gtcatellfor He hath cen«- quer'd His patience, and having laid a fozmolation upon fo firme atz/ertue, Hisgreameffe rear’d thereon cannot fall, efpecially having the fupport of many other. But now to confider with what admirable con_/tam} He hath wea- t/;vor’a’ out this time ofdttranoe, tiring his adwrfaric: with. complying fitfierattoe, ( making his fweet returns furer then golden bait: to catch them with )lePc earnefl oo;mjla- tioa might {trike their _/harpned lzooke the deeper into his fiolos. All the provocation: he hathbeen continually all fau1t‘edt(*which to a jlatking fury would have proved like be//owes) could ‘never traniport him in his loweft eiiate, nor quicken him into any {harp return: .4 and when new tortures were found outfor his patience, they proved but as F 1‘C‘ll1 ii7'[’itC773e7¢t55 to .coatrac"t’ and knit it more firm and flr-onger; and this ’twas made his re olgotiotz more folid and oomparff. Brieiyr, like a wife Play ztiaa, he converted all their poyfonous rag: into ‘a maataaozg quality. And therefore the te“atePc crime for which his reozfér Adver- ifaries fcoft at im, was, for being (like t at antient Gre-4 oiart Patriarch) fingly fo good and piotot, in to had and jm- pious times: when tam-ooat vice: were to univerfally in -faihion. 1))ul'._t‘hc'fC His Primal} «vertues”ofjaflite, wzjdom, clemency, courage, and devotion, have proved all aft’;/lam: “to Itrengthen him in the /aaflle of thefe-tong;/;‘atioa:, and ‘moi’: fure clue: to ileadi-him out of fodi cult Mafia: ‘Nay! his‘7und:;1'*unted refolutionsn,‘ ‘like the Ea lo, fear’d not to encounter the loud-tong-ai’dTlsa}2aler‘, a~nEiconfron~— ted that quarter of Heatven; where lzgbtiting and tom.- . eff imofiraged: witnefle thofe many fpurns of Forum: 4 ~ ewhast recneived; and~thofeip_ma,nyflooo2(-s of envy he hath ‘endured, and-yetecontinuespfafe and whole. a His azzfilomc hath becnifo great that the ifubtill iserpeati cannot out- r firip (I 5) flrip, and his innoceiacefo fpotleile, ~ that the Dave: is not more. In the generality of his 4372035 he hath appeared a- bove the ordinary 107/c//.Ol‘Pyri2¢icc'!, like a moft noble. fivmhcon, upon which only the Almighty hath bla{o;¢’a’ all thebcariflg: of zzerme and /awmir. He hath rnanifefted, himfelf a Piece’of’that feafon’d worth, that the‘~:~pem of’ this zfge cannot fufliciently defcribe, for if they ihould attcrnptits his ‘verttm would page in f A thick together, that they’d chazzke the current ofthe ableitfmcy ; being (indeed ) not fit to be delivered with the ordinary liberty of/]vcc*cla,.byut rather by the W61-ordered and majcfli_ck dc’-» 11":/67:)! ofan dnge/I 5 fiat however, y y t v . 5 I/Jam‘ age: pezm/z‘ metumteftalvi Eamafizpee/fer. In fine,‘ no frincc ere flii‘in’d up for many -vermes, or was A more fines, or zmfortmmte, V A M mi Pztdor, é-' gmflitiazforor, A Irzgarrupta ,Fia’e.r:, izudag} Verima, " 4 Qmmda u/[um invcnientparcm ? ' ’ Yet when he was removed from his Throne, they ( per- force) left him the greatefi dzgnity, for naéilitm _/01416:/5 fig; tmica, ruirtm ; and when he was difpofieft of three Kingdoms, yet {til he injoy’d a laroei‘fez'gzIory, for 'UirtII«5_' e optima pof]£fiz'o, but what would have been the ill ue of‘ A his imprifonmezat, Heavens 4/I-difierfliflg eye onely faw, Prom dlfimorz fempcr in pejm fides. Infuch dubious, cafes give us leave to fear the worfi. Ibelieve they flrove to make him happy, but I as verily believe it muff have been verified in the iPl2ilofop/yer: fenfe, faelzfx ante abimm mime. And Carzkérook-ecaflle Iam as fully fatisfied, was prepared with the fame intention the mltrdering-S/Jirt was for Agamemnm ; outof which it was impolfible for C hing (I5) him to fcape. Ungratefull ocean I who after this Sam A long daies driving his troublefotne e/Jariet, courting him into her bofome, to quench the tlrirfl of his »Steeels,and. to refrefh himfelf, turn’d to a bottomlcjfe deep, and betray’d him into an in/atiable Galpb, where he i( 6 complementall treachery ! ) had been irrecoverably a’rewr2’el,but for thofe loyall and unexpected. handsgthat are now haying him up again : And thanks be unto God for this timely appearing t deliverance, and opening unto him a paflage by fo un- expecfted a dare. During this time ofdaraaee, what ha; ~ pinefle was it for a Ifirrg to own the latimele of three King ~ dams, who was thus confin’d to as few rooms; where he had little or no reerearz’on,but what he receiv’d by that re- flex of his many rrzzisfortmzes, which by ‘him were never merited, nor by us can be fufiiciently lamented. Here His yatieneeindured the Itriétefl: teach, for the Minifters of Sat/ran were fet upon every fide to bayfit him; and his lowefl: Vaflal: that fought to underminehim, when they could not do it, raifed themfelves high to era/Ii him with their power. And nowit was they acted allbelaw-beard, having their times and feafome as alarke, as the wiflaes, of fuch light haters could pofiibly lim~out;, flrewingrhim lefTe.merey then his relation required, and more tyrant» my then his fault: could d£’fi’7”'Z/6 .- which exceedingly itrengthned this fufpition that that Swera’ might [lecture- ly cut off, which fo przVUately:feetCl1’d its blow : the feare whereof to the fouls of his loyall Sulzjezffi was really, ae- flirt/aio iamararae. y Thefe, andimany more his n9zI~fforMne5 we1'eetohela~ *mented,bec'aul"e they were his, andithe 1’:2l‘tz’ll€1‘- becau{'tr~( to the na~r.row.ePt' obfirver) they feem.’dtio11dalin’icl', ,t“0“l‘L!fl’:'p5l- rallel- with his life; diuringiwhich, like the l1‘®blC*1t’0r/mfl his tolling Tam ofaaaa, wliich ways forever lieturnsfl emuli: n (1 7? muit needs Feel fometliing that continually grills ‘him ~15 ini'0rnuch,that many thought the ’beitbileiiing they could defire for him (dearly feeming to them his ifiaiithfulfriefidj was to wifh I-Ieaven would ‘fend a writ of eofé to his reit- lefle labours, and {'0 releafe him from his growing flir- row: . ’Twas this very confideration that ipurchafed him fome afireofiorzs among tl1ofe»nari*o'w-hey?! attendants ofhis. Multzér ille omfieozza armor .- and divers of their own part could not but look upon his ofiiiéfioos with a itiful di like: Nay 1 his bitter Eroomies began to lament his dzflrtjfool condition 5 his imzprzfomroeot alone, freeing him from the further ftrokes ofmzzlioe. And what true Errglzjb heart is it, that can hear the par- ticulars of his rooglmfoge and tranfcendent rmfery, with- out affording anoble oom]>of5'z'o;2 ? really none ; unlefie fuch as are hardned into a fiii~ne=’ck?d infeofioleocflé. ‘But I hope fome gratefull Hi/forzlorz when he {hall record the Armal: of his misfortunes, will not let thefe pafie, without being morgifid with a texted Eooe, the rather, becaufe it hath been the nature of the Englf/be to behold dzflrejfe: with a tender eye, and melting heart 5 conceiving it ever more noble to rozfi: him up that is thrown a'owr2e.-, then to fopport thofe whom they have ‘rrtifed. For though For- tune (that Tyrant to humane eftate) hath exercifeid her rigorous powertoo much and long, "yetnow fince the be- gins to abate fome of her cruelty, we may be invited (as y a good Omen) to aflift his re-eitablifhment, her wheel is ever in a perpetuall motion, and “us grobable H13‘ Mo- jg/iy is now paft the N azlir, and upon t he nfoending fizle, it i, a A i qmii neget ordatz} ' Provo: rclooz‘ pofle rivvo: i- ‘ " iltlofltiéroo, iberz°mre'verti.i ‘ C 2 i ii And ' he ( I 8). And now to behold ha pinellieto approach ivhenmruy and malice had weaved gich ftrong webs, that it lay not within the compalle of any All}: to break ; to fee delive- rance at hand when he was thrown beyond the hand of i lyope or help, nolpollibility {hewing it felfto re—in{tate him into his pa]? [I0720Zt-715'; is like a glory in the middle ,0fan Eelrpfc’. But the pailage through which Goa’; providence wanders, is alwaies mlramlow .- through how many Fe-— verall Mezzmler: and unfeen waies, doth it begin to fteale. us: perhaps ’twill prove well for as, though ’twas end for /Jim, that he hath been thus long laid afide 2, his ver- mes lilcealuliy painting never appeared fetizre and lively but at this remove. His abfence hath given our t/aoziglet: time to chew the wdd, through which relifh we may firengthen the opinion of his mwwzltmble worth, and in his Worthy t/younger: render our felves clean éeafl. And though his enemies mzzlziee hath j72rué’a’ him into Zliedere wooel, and great oak: feldome row to perfetfi; Timber’af—_- A ter once lope, yet his humb eppatieme will make him capable offlzreazl/mg, fpecially being befer with fo many‘ interpoling skreem which curb the imperious winds, and pre ferve him from their blzz/lzkeg power, and happily then {hall we l7ve under his proteétingflaelter. i iTisi"true, the interrnitting 124;:/la mates of the Times has difcompofed’ many inflramezets .- yethis difpofition continues fer to his wonted fweetneffe, ancllikethe Sun, is, Idemper diverfit. Nor need we doubt that the courfe of aifaires can be 0- therwife then happily Iteered, when we ihallbehold fo, able and honelt a Pilot fit at the /lerne again, whofe ma... nifeit skill, the crofle tide: ( raifed by thefelatcv flormer ) hath juftly commended. 4 i ’ ‘ ' ‘ i ~ g ; To Conclude, though the zzjfgtges wherein we walke, feem (_ at prefent ) olfmre, andprmeertaine; yet doubtlelle ' they’l but flaortlryiremovet that the naturall force" 0 (I9‘) .:hey*1 allhrcdly leadour leper to their ielxpecfted end, what we cannot yet clearly fee, wemuft ftrive to flew out, and he that is content leifutely to clime a kill) {ha} 3 great deale better his proflrefi. IF I may judge of the en. t fuing clay without ereéfing a figure,(and‘many times fome generall jttclgmcflts may be gathered. from »lefler.e..~cctc7fle3) as plain Cozmtry-men Q though illiterate) can guefle at "en. fuing weather by obferving the colour of the Meme ) I ihould be very forward to afliue this Nation of a cleare Heri/‘”Lm,,. wherein we {hall refiore Pbcelczc in his won-i ted /plendoar, and our {elves capablel of receivino the be-4 nefit of his healing influence, which whilft any igatall or envious interpofitioie lafis, cannot clefcend upon us; not our eye: becomforted with a beame naturally pOWCl‘fl.1ll.‘ But ’tis almoft impoffible (according to naturall caufes ) but that London (in theigienefality) mua naturally affeét Mamzrc/yy if Giemirzi be its Afcendmat, that affeétionatea can/lellatian beholds Leo with a Sextilej which is counted; i the Regall Sigma, and the Aj]2ec‘2‘ an 4/]7el? of law and fliendflaip .- Nor v"vil this Kingdorn—e(if under Aries) come behind, or ever indure any amuerammz but what is Al Mo-A mzrckicall, for cflries is of the fame nature and triplicit] with Leo, and calls to it a Friendly Trim, ( which is eftee- med the mofl: perféc‘? and fii mdly Afiell‘ ) nor can I<'z’xgly Lion but cordially affect both thofeflgnes, whom he fo amicably beholds. So that notwithflandin other malevolent Plzmets ( either by unheeappeya ofiticmpr E ezflzefi ) have for {ome yeares impoyg)n’d their nature; thrufling the Sun out of his exalmtim, and converting the quality of Mercury to ill, by fometmaliciow &]2revwz— lent my 5 yet furely fuch will not alwaies provfflatienary, t may fhew their mutual! egfeliion ; And if either Kingdom: ' C 3 or atefull hefefigm“ (20) .-ot Citywiil tafithe benefit of the Sill}: .revvivif'ying influx; woe, now is the time to receive it ; For in this years rm. lzotion the Idzogly figne culmiozotegand S om Almzotezz there- of pofired in cflries the Kiflgol0me5_fignC and his owne exolootiooz, from whence he beholds G emim’ with a loving Sextz'le,and (receives Moroury)Lord thereof into his exal- mtiorz; whofepowor, pofitioro, and afieéi‘, (to ether with many agreeing To/iimonies in that promifing oboome) are all aflhrances ofHo': Majeflies recruiting his /oonozor, and tflrong pref umptions of mutuall concord and agreement, between the King, K ioogdomc, and City. That no more olfloole: then ms?! run between us and a our happineife, let us difcover his oft: and bonozmzblc en. tertainmcnt our free and hearty invitations, left he be ftollen again into a oloood r; and this City fuffer the room it 15 now ready to fall into: for by this and no other way can we recover our lofi rommme; which when we, on Ce a-; gain enjoy; let us learn to be fo prudent as toffeférwe it.‘ 5\@llotm noamen /ooooe:,flt12rz/oycleiooioz,